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E. J. GUENZEL & C. E..WYANT.

CIGARETTE BOX.

APPLICATION FILED APR.26. 1915,

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ERNST J'. GUENZEL, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, AND CLEOPHES E. WYANT, OF

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE- I-IALF TO SAID GUENZEL AND ONE-HALF TO SAID WYANT.

CIGARETTE-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, iaie.

Application filed April 26, 1915. Serial No. 23,824.

T 0 all 107L027} it may concern:

Be it known that we, ERNsT J. GUnNzEL and CLEOPHES E. NYANT, citizens of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of VVisconsin, and Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, respectively, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cigarette- Boxes, of which the following is a specifica tion.

Our invention relates to improvements in containers for cigarettes and other small articles, the use of which requires that they be ignited. I

The object of our invention is to provide means for providing such a container with an auxiliary match receiving compartment or cavity adapted to hold a set or series of matches in a position convenient for their successive removal, one by one, without releasing the remainder or disturbing their position in the cavity in which they are deposited.

Our invention also contemplates the provision in one wall of the box of a shallow match receiving cavity which will be wholly closed, concealed and also sealed until the box has been opened, the structure being such that the cavity may be produced Without materially increasing the size of the box.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a cigarette box embodying our invention, drawn to a plane parallel with the bottom of the box and exposing the match receiving cavity and showing the matches therein in cross section. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view, drawn to a plane cutting the cigarettes transversely and extending between two adjacent matches. Fig. 3 is a view of the box as seen from theunder side with a portion of the wrapper partially torn away and with the bottom of the box partially broken away at one corner to expose the matches and to alsoexpose some of the cigarettes contained within the main cavity.

Like parts are identified by the same refence characters throughout the several views.

The body A of the box and cover B may be of any ordinary construction except that the bottom C of the box is embossed or pressed inwardly near the margins, the entire bottom, except at the margins, being offset upwardly from the lower margins of the side walls, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The bottom of the box is offset or embossed upwardly a distance substantially equal to the thickness of a match and a strip D of matches, the stems of which are united, preferably integrally, is placed within the cavity E formed below the bottom of the box, the match stems and also the strip of matches being of such dimensions that they substantially fill the cavity- The match strip is preferably secured to the bottom C of the box. This may be done by employing tacks, screws or rivets, as indicated at F, or v comprises a continuous strip of wood partially severed to form the match stems or lines of cleavage for the stems and having match heads (i formed along one margin in accordance with common practice. Such a strip may be very easily secured to the bottom C of the box near the margin opposite the match heads at, and when secured at one or two points the entire strip D will be supported so that the matches can be successively and singly removed without dislodging the remainder of the strip, the part of the strip through which the fastenings pass being removed last.

After the matches have been secured in position within the cavity E as above described, the entire cavity may be closed by means of a suitable wrapper or label G wrapped about the box and gummed to the walls thereof in the ordinary manner. The walls of all boxes in common use are in variably formed of paste board and are used but once, and the label may therefore be gummed thereto and torn or cut away as hereinbefore described, without impairing the utility of the box as it is intended to be used. \Vhen the box is opened, the match cavity C may also be opened by applying a knife or finger nail to the wrapper or label G to cut or break it. along one end of the match strip, after whichit may be rolled backwardly as indicated at g in Fig. 3 to ex pose and permit the removal of the matches. Parts of the wrapper may of course be torn .permit independent off from time to time without releasing the match strip in cases where the latter is secured to the bottom C of the box.

\Ve claim 1. A box for cigarettes and similar articles having one of its walls inset to provide a match receiving pocket adapted to receive a single series of matches in parallel relation, in combination with a paper wrapper secured to said box and forming the outer wall of such pocket whereby said wall may be progressively torn away to expose one or more matches at a time, substantially as described.

2. A box for cigarettes and similar articles having one'of its walls inset to form a broad shallow pocket of a width equal to the length of the matches, means for securing a match slab in said pocket in a position to separation of the matches successively, and a thin outer covering for said box extending across the pocket and constituting an outer wall thereof, said covering being adapted to be progressively removed from the box from one end of the strip of matches to the other to expose them for removal successively.

3. A paper box for cigarettes and similar articles having its bottom wall embossed to form a broad open pocket adapted to receive a single set of matches in parallel relation, and an outer paper covering for said box extending across said pocket and constituting the outer wall thereof, whereby the matches may be successively exposed by breaking said outer cover at one end of the series of matches contained in said pocket, and removing the cover progressively as the matches are used.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

ERNST J. GUENZEL. CLEOPHES E. WVYANT. Witnesses:

. LEVERETT C. VHEELER,

IRMA D. BREMER. 

